Justin Hurwitz (born January 22, 1985) is an American film composer and a t… Read Full Bio ↴Justin Hurwitz (born January 22, 1985) is an American film composer and a television writer. He is best known for his longtime collaboration with director Damien Chazelle, scoring each of his films: Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009), Whiplash (2014), La La Land (2016), First Man (2018), and Babylon (2022).
For La La Land, Hurwitz won two Academy Awards, Best Original Score and Best Original Song (for "City of Stars"), as well as the Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. He won two more Golden Globes for Best Original Score for First Man and Babylon.
Hurwitz is the son of Gail (née Halabe), a professional ballet dancer turned registered nurse, and Ken Hurwitz, a writer. He is of Jewish heritage (from Russia, Poland, Damascus in Syria, and Beirut in Lebanon). His family moved to Wisconsin in 1998, where he attended Nicolet High School.
Hurwitz attended Harvard University, where he was roommates with director Damien Chazelle.[ They collaborated on a student film that would become Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, which was released in 2009. While in school, Hurwitz was a member of the Harvard Lampoon and was an original member of the indie-pop band Chester French with Chazelle.
After college, Hurwitz and Chazelle moved to Los Angeles, where Hurwitz wrote comedy for the sitcom The League and one episode of the animated comedy TV series The Simpsons. Thanks to the success of Guy and Madeline, they were able to obtain financing for their next collaboration, the 2014 film Whiplash – with Hurwitz scoring the film and Chazelle writing and directing. Hurwitz also scored Chazelle's 2016 film La La Land, for which Chazelle won the Oscar for Best Director, and Hurwitz won two Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Original Song. Hurwitz, Pasek, and Paul will return as songwriters for the upcoming stage musical adaptation of the film, directed by Bartlett Sher from a book by Ayad Akhtar and Matthew Decker, with Marc Platt and Lionsgate returning to produce.
For La La Land, Hurwitz won two Academy Awards, Best Original Score and Best Original Song (for "City of Stars"), as well as the Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. He won two more Golden Globes for Best Original Score for First Man and Babylon.
Hurwitz is the son of Gail (née Halabe), a professional ballet dancer turned registered nurse, and Ken Hurwitz, a writer. He is of Jewish heritage (from Russia, Poland, Damascus in Syria, and Beirut in Lebanon). His family moved to Wisconsin in 1998, where he attended Nicolet High School.
Hurwitz attended Harvard University, where he was roommates with director Damien Chazelle.[ They collaborated on a student film that would become Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, which was released in 2009. While in school, Hurwitz was a member of the Harvard Lampoon and was an original member of the indie-pop band Chester French with Chazelle.
After college, Hurwitz and Chazelle moved to Los Angeles, where Hurwitz wrote comedy for the sitcom The League and one episode of the animated comedy TV series The Simpsons. Thanks to the success of Guy and Madeline, they were able to obtain financing for their next collaboration, the 2014 film Whiplash – with Hurwitz scoring the film and Chazelle writing and directing. Hurwitz also scored Chazelle's 2016 film La La Land, for which Chazelle won the Oscar for Best Director, and Hurwitz won two Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Original Song. Hurwitz, Pasek, and Paul will return as songwriters for the upcoming stage musical adaptation of the film, directed by Bartlett Sher from a book by Ayad Akhtar and Matthew Decker, with Marc Platt and Lionsgate returning to produce.
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City of stars
Are you shining just for me?
City of stars
There's so much that I can't see
Who knows?
I felt it from the first embrace I shared with you
That now our dreams
They've finally come true
City of stars
Just one thing everybody wants
There in the bars
And through the smokescreen of the crowded restaurants
It's love
Yes, all we're looking for is love from someone else
A rush
A glance
A touch
A dance
To look in somebody's eyes
To light up the skies
To open the world and send them reeling
A voice that says, I'll be here
And you'll be alright
I don't care if I know
Just where I will go
'Cause all that I need's this crazy feeling
A rat-tat-tat on my heart...
Think I want it to stay
City of stars
Are you shining just for me?
City of stars
You never shined so brightly
Kaka Box
Just saw the movie and decided to do one more video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9OlIwjVCYg And now I want to make another two featuring more of my favourite songs from La La Land!! Subscribe and request a soundtrack! Have a great week! :)
Francisco Relvas
I Love it! <3 Emma breaks my heart every time T.T
Kaka Box
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLp65t-vu6c&list=PLauLtzhB_nU1_wugzbp9KlUDNDTJxqnn5 third video!
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Jesús Aragón Argos
La película, la canción... la cadencia, las imágenes, la ilusión de lo que hubiera podido ser, las actuaciones... me rompen el corazón... amas la película y necesitas verla otra vez y sin forzar la lágrima ni nada, es la belleza de la película y de las canciones.
cris Gil Navarro
Es completa en todos los aspectos : las secuencias, la mùsica,las miradas ,sobre todo la última, se gana tola película. Una maestría de Chazelle.Merece Oscar.
Kaka Box
He won it! El mejor director.
juan francisco acosta
Completamente deacuerdo, no soy un tipo al cual le agrade el cine de hecho me llevaron casi a la fuerza lo cual a gradesco es la mejor pelicula que he visto. La historia es preciosa, la musica toda original y excelente las actuaciones fenomenales. totalmente disfrutable te deja sentiminto de satisfaccion, sales del lugar sabiendo que viste algo especial y no se borra de la mente, me encanto tanto que la vi 4 veces y cada una la disfrute mueve los sentimien tos.
Jesús Aragón Argos
***** intenta corregir los espacios entre palabras para que se lea mejor el comentario jeje. Yo la he visto 3 veces y las 3 veces salí encantado! Sin embargo vi Titanic 2 veces y la segunda salí en plan de... "Pufff, técnicamente perfecta pero... No me emociona ya nada"
cris Gil Navarro
La vi 5 veces en 2 meses y volvería. Pero ya no la dan. Me conformo con las escenas de youtube y la música.Un sueño, esda mirada del final que se te nubla los ojos,una maravilla ,una perfección.